Native American Wisdom

This was the best book...filled with wisdom that never grows old. What a different society this would be, had we followed the native American ways. "Silence is the mother of truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never taken seriously." - Chief Lut......more

First of all, I listened to the audio edition of this book. On Goodreads, the audio edition does not give credit to the author, just the editor. I felt this was a disservice to the author, so I am using an edition that clearly states the author. The book is a compilation of thoughts, quotes of Nati......more

5 stars = Utterly incredible. One of the best books I've read this year. The spirit of the Native people, the first people, has never died. It lives in the rocks and the forests, the rivers and the mountains. It murmurs in the brooks and whispers in the trees. The hearts of these people were formed o......more

This was a very quick, enlightening read. I’m glad I chose to read it before starting on Mayflower/Thanksgiving-related material as it truly sheds a lot of light upon the cultural differences between the Natives and Europeans. It’s also helped me to see—when reading Western accounts of events—the ar......more

This is not a must-read in terms of pure literary merit but it is a must-read in terms of being able to view and critique Western "technoculture", imperialism and capitalism from an external perspective without taking a thousand pages to do it. Contains some short and sweet nature passages with Haik......more